Tag: Minneappolis

Psalm 3: Prayer for Minneapolis in the midst of danger

God,
You know our foes 
are endless
They are armed to the teeth

With guns
nefarious policies
and hate

And many are saying 
God cannot help you
For these White Supremacists

Are they not calling on the same God?

But God, you are my protection
Because, you sustain the Love 
Within my heart
reminding me of small children
in bunny hats

Of women in cars
And disarmed observers
And police officers leading Jan 7th rioters 
away from Congress
All of whom are worthy of your protection

So I cry out to you 
I cry before I go to bed
And somehow I Fall to Sleep
And then I wake up
Tears, still in my eyes
And cry out again

Lord, Sweet, Baby Jesus
I know the only thing Sustaining 
me is you

Selah!

I am not afraid of my enemies
I say
(Sometimes) 

I am will do the next brave thing
Contact my senator
Mutual Aid

I will not give up
Rise up
God

My rock and my salvation

You will strike up my enemies
(not my job)
And break the teeth of the wicked

Note Lord, how I’m praying for your justice, not mine

Come sit with us, 

Cry with us, Save us, Make your presence known, Holy Spirit we do not know what to Say or do anymore. 

Rise up, Lord. 

And teach us how to Rise up too, we even in the midst of all of this we pray.

Amen.

Feel free to share/adapt/ use with credit to Pastor Katy Stenta aka “KatyandtheWord”

A Tender Prayer: In the Aftermath

God,
I stand in prayer
for a country
where
guns are so glorified

That shooters
Think that
to go out
in a blaze of
gunfire
is better
Than getting
Care

Lord hear our prayer

Prince of Peace
We pray for all the
Victims of Violence
Those who lost
Their Beloved ones
Those who witnessed the
Devastation

Messiah Comfort them

Holy Spirit we pray
For all those who are
experiencing
and are experiencing
trauma as a result of
this tragedy
We pray
That we find a
way to change the Policies
to prevent gun violence
Before every single person
has to be touched
by Gun Violence


Come Holy Comforter, and hold us til we stop crying


Teach us to
Move beyond
Thoughts and Prayers

And how to Move and Act
With Purpose and Dfenition
of Peace
and Kin(g)dom Care
We Place ourselves
In your Tender Care
During this Time of Trouble
Amen